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'Really not happy' - Ferrari's consistent deficit weighing on Leclerc
Ferrari's low-key start to the 2025 Formula 1 season is starting to wear on Charles Leclerc, who admitted after qualifying for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix that he is worried the SF-25 isn't getting closer to the front.Save for the sprint race portion of the Chinese GP weekend, Leclerc has been the benchmark driver at Ferrari over new team-mate Lewis Hamilton, who is going through a difficult patc...
Norris's surprising reaction to his big Saudi F1 crash
Until he was reminded of his exact wording by reporters, Formula 1 world championship leader Lando Norris had forgotten he’d called himself a “f***ing idiot” over McLaren team radio just after his Saudi Arabian Grand Prix qualifying crash.Once reminded of it, he admitted it was a good summary of his view of himself in the moment.“Makes sense. I agree with it. I should be fighting for pole and I sh...
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Heavy Norris crash halts Saudi Arabian GP qualifying
Saudi Arabian Grand Prix qualifying was interrupted at the start of Q3 by a heavy crash for Formula 1 world championship leader Lando Norris.Norris lost control of his McLaren over a kerb in the high-speed first sector of the lap during his first flying lap of Q3 and slewed into the opposite barrier, doing heavy damage to the left-hand side of his car.🚩 Red flag 🚩Lando Norris has crashed out in Q3...
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Saudi Arabian Grand Prix F1 practice results 2025
The fifth round of the 2025 Formula 1 season takes place at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. Below you'll find results from practice. Free Practice 3Lando Norris again led a McLaren one-two in final practice at Formula 1's Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, with George Russell six tenths further back. 1 Lando Norris (McLaren) 1m27.489s2 Oscar Piastri (McLaren) +0.024s3 George Russell (Mercedes) +0.627s 4 Max ...
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Saudi Arabian Grand Prix 2025 qualifying results
Max Verstappen defeated Oscar Piastri and George Russell in the 2025 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix pole fight.Championship leader Lando Norris will start the race 10th - assuming no parc ferme breaches are required to repair the damage sustained by his car in his Q3 crash.Provisional Saudi Arabian GP grid1 Max Verstappen2 Oscar Piastri3 George Russell4 Charles Leclerc5 Kimi Antonelli6 Carlos Sainz7 Lew...
McLaren's single-lap pace advantage grows ominously in Jeddah FP3
Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri made a statement for McLaren ahead of Saudi Arabian Grand Prix qualifying, topping final practice in Jeddah with a margin of more than six tenths of a second to the next fastest car.After coming off second best at the end of Friday practice, Piastri had two tenths on Norris after the early running in FP3, where the initial qualifying simulations suggested a relativel...
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Red Bull plans extra Tsunoda testing before Miami Grand Prix
Yuki Tsunoda has been handed a boost in his hopes of making rapid progress in understanding the quirks of Red Bull’s Formula 1 cars, with the squad lining up a test programme for him next week after the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.Tsunoda is coming off the back of an intense three-week spell at Red Bull where there has been little respite amid the triple headers of Japan, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.But...
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What illegal Norris lap helped reveal about intriguing McLaren technique
Lando Norris’s corner-cutting at Turns 1 and 2 made for a slightly exaggerated picture in Saudi Arabian Grand Prix practice but it did help highlight an intriguing McLaren style.Norris set two times quick enough to be fastest in Jeddah FP2, with his initial 1m28.340s slightly bettered to a 1m28.267s on a lap that started with Norris taking too much speed into the first corner, skipping across the ...
Williams thought to be first F1 team to make crucial 2026 step
Williams appears to have got the jump on its Formula 1 rivals and become the first team to switch off windtunnel development of its current car to focus fully on 2026.While many squads are aggressively developing their challengers for next year’s all-new regulations, most are still continuing to work on developments for their 2025 F1 cars to help bring improvements over the first half of this year...
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What we've learned at F1's Saudi Arabian GP already
A McLaren 1-2 in Friday practice for Formula 1’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix did little justice to how intriguing the Jeddah event has been so far. Here is what our team learned from the paddock and a trip trackside. McLaren’s first proper upgradeMcLaren has shown no signs of backing off in trying to improve its dominant MCL39 as it introduced its first major upgrade of the season in Saudi Arabia on ...
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Mark Hughes: Saudi GP long runs paint a scary picture
Jeddah’s formidable high-grip, high-speed, high-jeopardy challenge was very visibly evident on the first day of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix weekend. What was also very evident was McLaren’s continuing 2025 advantage, seen here to perhaps an even greater degree than on Friday in Bahrain before Pirelli’s reduction in minimum rear tyre pressures there brought the others a little closer on the Saturd...
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F1 trackside verdict: How every car looks in Jeddah's fast/slow corners
Even five rounds into the 2025 Formula 1 season, there's plenty you can learn from seeing the teams' cars up close and personal. During FP2 for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, Scott Mitchell-Malm and Edd Straw headed out trackside and found themselves with dramatically different vantage points, even though they were separated by only 10 metres.Thanks to the proximity of the Turn 1-2 left-right combi...
Saudi Arabian Grand Prix F1 practice results 2025
The fifth round of the 2025 Formula 1 season takes place at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. Below you'll find results from practice. Free Practice 2Lando Norris led a McLaren one-two in second practice at Formula 1's Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, with Max Verstappen their closest challenger in third. 1 Lando Norris (McLaren) 1m28.267s2 Oscar Piastri (McLaren) +0.163s3 Max Verstappen (Red Bull) +0.280s 4...
Read more: https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/saudi-arabian-grand-prix-f1-practice-results-2025/
Tsunoda crash, McLaren sets pace: F1's Saudi GP practice day
Lando Norris headed McLaren team-mate and title rival Oscar Piastri in the second Formula 1 practice session of the 2025 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix weekend.The session effectively ended a few minutes early due to a red flag for Red Bull's Yuki Tsunoda crashing out at the final corner after brushing the inside wall with his left front, as the contact instantly snapped the suspension and pushed him in...
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Saudi Arabian Grand Prix F1 practice results 2025
Free Practice 1Alpine driver Pierre Gasly set a surprise fastest time in the first session of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix weekend by 0.007s from Formula 1 drivers' championship leader Lando Norris.1 Pierre Gasly (Alpine) 1m29.239s2 Lando Norris (McLaren) +0.007s3 Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) +0.070s4 Oscar Piastri (McLaren) +0.102s5 Alex Albon (Williams) +0.367s6 George Russell (Mercedes) +0.379s7 C...
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What happened in Alpine-led first F1 Saudi GP practice
Formula 1's Saudi Arabian Grand Prix weekend started with a surprise pacesetter in the opening practice session as Alpine's Pierre Gasly led championship leader Lando Norris.Gasly fired in a 1m29.239s to steal the top spot in the session with just over 20 minutes remaining, pipping Norris, who had set his fastest lap a few minutes before Gasly, by just 0.007s.That follows on from Alpine's stronges...
McLaren debuts new F1 upgrade on Piastri's car
McLaren has brought its first major upgrade of the Formula 1 season to the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, as it admits its title charge has brought added “complications” to its development approach.The Woking-based squad has arrived in Jeddah with two key upgrades that are aimed at delivering more performance for the high-speed circuit.There is a reshaped diffuser that has been tweaked to help with flo...
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Podcast: Williams's devastating - then triumphant - 1986 F1 season
Williams is a mainstay on the Formula 1 grid and one of the most successful teams in F1 history, having amassed nine constructors’ world championships, seven drivers’ world championships, and 114 grand prix victories. But it all could have been so different.Ahead of the 1986 season, team boss Frank Williams had a devastating car crash which left him paralysed and fighting for his life. That he sur...
'Lot of downsides' - Vowles warns against Mercedes luring Verstappen
Mercedes should steer clear of chasing Max Verstappen, reckons Williams Formula 1 boss James Vowles, with potential "downsides" outweighing any of the speed benefits he could bring.Verstappen's future in Formula 1 has been the centre of speculation once again since Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko suggested after the Bahrain Grand Prix that the team has "great concern" about losing him for 2026.
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How Newey can help Aston Martin's 2025 car after all
Aston Martin is sticking to its guns that, despite the troubles it is facing with its current Formula 1 car, design genius Adrian Newey will not be pulled away from its 2026 efforts.But that does not stop the team having faith that Newey's influence can still be made use of to help it turn around what has been a disappointing start to the season.With Newey only having arrived in March, and there n...
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